Faces of Addi Road: Jack

by Mark Mordue | Sep 4, 2020

Jack Hanna walks around the grounds of the Addison Road Community Organisation in Marrickville to get an understanding of what the place does and how it ticks. He wants to help with our food rescue and food security program in particular. So he’s making a donation to...

Beautiful Day

by Mark Mordue | Sep 3, 2020

The heart is a bloomShoots up through the stony ground ‘Beautiful Day’ – U2   It’s a beautiful day. The very first day of spring. Opening day for Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown. Jamie Parker, the Greens State Member for Balmain has come down to...

Making Hard Yards with the Swans

by Mark Mordue | Apr 7, 2020

What does leadership mean anyway? It can rise up from the ground as much as something delivered from above. In the car park for the Addison Road Community Organisation two of the Sydney Swans finest, Nick Smith (left) and Kieren Jack, are standing around having a chat...

Changing the Game – Addi Road, Craig Foster and food relief in Sydney

by Mark Mordue | Apr 3, 2020

There’s no other way to put it. Darcy Byrne, the Mayor of Inner West Council in Sydney, says that “if it wasn’t for Addi Road all the major NGOs and charity organisations we work with would have run out of food two weeks ago.” He is standing out front of Gumbramorra...

White Crosses

by Mark Mordue | Mar 31, 2020

Day ends at the Addison Road Community Organisation. Gurwinder starts to take the chairs from the road, leaving only the white crosses that now mark out the social distance needs of our times. Addi Road’s Food Pantry works as a super low-cost supermarket for people in...